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Some experts say a three-hour bedtime TV show for preschoolers does more to keep kids awake than ease them into sleep.

Hong Kong's first criminal trial for insider trading has resulted in the conviction of a former investment banker and four other defendants. Ma Hon Yeung, a former vice president at BNP Paribas Peregrine Capital Ltd., passed confidential information to his girlfriend and three family members about the proposed privatization of Egana Jewelry & Pearls Ltd., a matter on which he was working. All four then traded in Egana shares before the company announced its plans to privatize in July 2006.

Mayor Phil Gordon wants Phoenix to have a carbon-neutral footprint - a plan that includes painting rooftops white to reflect the sun and using canals for green enterprises.

OUT : The minister of examinations said that the proposal to test civil servants on China s Constitution was inappropriate and had been scrapped By Ko Shu-ling STAFF REPORTER Thursday, Mar 12, 2009, Page 3 ...

President Obama outlined his agenda yesterday for reforming the nation's schools. Tying teacher's salaries to student achievement, creating nationwide goals and adding more days to the school year were among some of his suggestions. Washington, D.C., Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee talks about the President's education plan.

A plan to reorganise primary school education moves on a step as Gwynedd council's board backs a report.

Government investment worth £50bn would convince private companies that power from the Sahara solar scheme is feasible and attractive option, expert saysEuropean countries could transform their electricity supplies within a decade by investing in a giant network of solar panels in the Sahara desert, an expert told a global warming conference in Copenhagen today.Dr Anthony Patt of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Africa said some £50bn of government investment was needed over the next decade to make the scheme a reality. That would convince private companies that power from the Sahara was both feasible and an attractive investment, he said.In the long term, such a plan, combined with strings of windfarms along the north Africa coast, could 'supply Europe with all the energy it needs'.He said technological advances combined with falling costs have made it realistic to consider north Africa as Europe's main source of imported energy.'The sun is very strong there

Washington Post education columnist Jay Mathews and Mark Gooden, an education professor at the University of Texas discuss how the President's education plan affect school systems and learning on a national level.

11.3.2009 at 16:12 Finland's opposition, led by the Social Democrats, on Wednesday submitted a motion of no-confidence over the government's handling of its scuttled plan to raise the retirement age....

The Obama administration plans Wednesday to nominate Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske as the nation's drug czar. Vice President Joe Biden was expected to name Kerlikowske as chief of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.